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How to Make Eco Cosmetics
Get all-natural beauty! Learn how to make your lip balm, hair spray, and a face scrub completely from scratch and organic ingredients. For more information on eco-cosmetics, watch the video! And super thanks to Lollibomb for showing us the ropes on makin' the scrub!
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Da Bomb Balm:
Ingredients/Materials:
Beeswax
Coconut Oil
Essential Oils
Pyrex Measuring Cup
Pot
Stove
Water
Little jar
Cheese grater
1. Get out a Pyrex measuring cup and measure out one ounce of coconut oil.
2. Grate about 2 ounces of beeswax into the measuring cup on top of the coconut oil.

3. Put a little bit of water in your pot and set it on the stove on low heat.
4. Take the Pyrex cup, put it right in the pot, and stir your mixture around as you're waiting.

5. When it is completely melted, carefully remove the measuring cup, let it cool for just a little bit.
6. Add about 5 drops of your favorite essential oil and give it a little bit of a stir.
7. Take out your little jar and poor the liquid right into the container.

8. Wait for it to harden, and use it!

Hairspray:
Materials/Ingredients:
Water
Lemon
Pot
Stove
Measuring Cup
Cheesecloth
Jar
Spray bottle
1. Carefully cut a lemon into small pieces.

2. Put 2 cups of water in a small pot, throw in your chopped lemon, and bring to a boil.
3. Let it boil until your contents has been reduced by half. Remove from heat and let cool.
4. Take cheesecloth and and secure it over a jar, and start straining your liquid.

5. Pour the contents into a spray bottle and you're done! The finished product will give your hair a light hold, and make it smell lemony-fresh! Be sure to store the product in the fridge. Replace or discard after one week.


Sugar Scrub (Thanks Lollibomb beauty!):
Ingredients/Materials:
Fair Trade Raw Cane Sugar
Sunflower Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Your favorite essential oil
Bowl
Spoon
1. Put 1 cup of sugar into the bowl. Be sure to break up the granules with your spoon.
2. Add enough almond oil so that the sugar is saturated. Stir. You don't want there to be so much oil that it just sits on top.
3. Add about a teaspoon of sunflower oil. Stir.
4. Add your favorite essential oil. Only add a few drops at a time; it is concentrated.
5. And you're finished! Make in small batches and use right away!

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